President's Committee on Access to Justice

Mission Statement

The
President's Committee on Access to Justice is charged to consider and implement
methods for enhancing access by the indigent to the civil legal system. Among other things, this
Committee shall encourage lawyers to provide more legal services to the poor, pro bono publico, and shall work to obtain adequate funding for programs designed
to assure that the poor have access to civil justice, as outlined in the State
Bar Plan, adopted October 26, 1989 by the NYSBA House of Delegates. The Committee shall accomplish these objectives through all
necessary and appropriate means, including cooperation with local bar
associations and other public and private associations and agencies.